‘Fuck you, it’s my first time.’

In the middle of Brand New , a song that worships performative reading and full-fat milk, one relatively ordinary lyric stands out. Before the fierce second chorus descends into mosh-pit mayhem, this line neatly explains the propeller that drives My First Time (and possibly named the band) as it’s squawked by vocalist Isaac Stroud-Allen.

“Trying new things for the first time, and that excitement that you get, it’s a freshness that keeps on going,” explains Isaac, who’s in a bullish mood today.

“We're open to pretty much anything,” adds guitarist/producer James Mellen, speaking to Kerrang! alongside drummer Jordanna Forsey and bassist Niamh ‘Naia’ Jones. In the form of My First Time, this snappy quartet who assembled as students in Bristol – “like the

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